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Originally Posted by transplant99
Again....this is the point where i ask why the city agreed to it. Every councillor agreed according to reports. No one was holding a gun to their collective heads.
As for the provincial part of this....is infrastructure money for cities not a legitimate expense/spending of funds?
If its being used to finally get this arena done...isn't that a win for everyone?
Building roads/access to Stampede/Victoria park is worse than some overpass or whatever on Deerfoot?
I really do understand why people are upset, it is not a great deal. Thing is, it was always going to be something along these lines or nothing at all. I think the city is better with it than not knowing full well others disagree with that.
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Because it is free money. It doesn't cost them anything, so you take it. Which is why this is getting so many cheers from people who don't pay taxes here.
What we should all really be asking is if this is such a good deal, why are the details kept secret until after the election? You want Notley on board? If it is such a good deal it should stand on it's own. Hiding it from public isn't really giving confidence to anyone about how awesome it is. Like, how can you not be suspicious of that?